Europe’s Moral Awakening

In times of humanitarian crisis it always comes down to morality. The existing rules and laws may not be able to keep pace with an unstable situation that is unravelling too fast to get a hold of it. We are left with our first-aid kit: our sense of moral rectitude. In the face of waves of migrants and refugees pouring into Europe, we are mainly confronted with one question: What is our moral responsibility towards the newcomers?

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East and West: A Bumpy Road Ahead

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The migrant crisis is driving a wedge between Eastern and Western Europe. With the inflow of thousands of migrants and refugees arriving by train at German stations, officials and leaders on the eastern side of Europe are becoming more vocal. They are actively criticizing Angela Merkel’s open-door policy and the EU proposal of a binding quota system to distribute 120,000 asylum seekers among EU nations. On September 22 the vast majority of EU interior ministers agreed to relocate 120,000 refugees and migrants from Italy, Hungary and Greece across the bloc. As expected